This is a companion site to a program that was broadcast on Nova in 2001. Topics include History of Biowarfare, Global Guide...
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This is a companion site to a program that was broadcast on Nova in 2001. Topics include History of Biowarfare, Global Guide to Bioweapons, Future Germ Defenses, Interviews with Biowarriors, and Making Vaccines. There is also a Teacher's Guide as well as additional Resources. There is a Flash version as well as a non-Flash version.

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This PowerPoint tutorial discusses the legal issues of Mental Health in healthcare. According to the website, "After...
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This PowerPoint tutorial discusses the legal issues of Mental Health in healthcare. According to the website, "After reviewing the tutorial, the learner will be able to: ¤List the different procedures for detaining or admitting someone for mental health treatment. ¤Describe the basic due process requirements for involuntarily detaining or admitting someone. ¤Articulate the rules for consent to treatment in a mental health setting. ¤Describe the duty to warn third parties of an actual, viable threat of physical harm from a patient. ¤Understand the scope of the duty to prevent a patient from self-inflicting harm." One can also use the accompanying Fact Sheet found at: http://www.utmem.edu/Medicine/legaledu/UT/factsheets/MentalHealth.pdf

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This PowerPoint tutorial discusses the legal issues business side of medicine. According to the website, "After reviewing...
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This PowerPoint tutorial discusses the legal issues business side of medicine. According to the website, "After reviewing the tutorial, the learner will be able to: ¤Identify the elements of a good business plan; ¤Differentiate between the legal forms of doing business; ¤Articulate issues of reimbursement; ¤Describe the physician-hospital relationship; and ¤Identify contract clauses to scrutinize when joining an existing medical practice." One can also use the accompanying Fact Sheet found at: http://www.utmem.edu/Medicine/legaledu/UT/factsheets/BusinessSide.pdf

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This is a PowerPoint presentation that covers confidentiality in health care. According to the site, "after reviewing the...
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This is a PowerPoint presentation that covers confidentiality in health care. According to the site, "after reviewing the tutorial, the learner will be able to: ¤Define the duty of confidentiality between a health care provider and a patient; ¤Understand the consequences for breaching the duty; and ¤List the exceptions to the rule when a health care provider must disclose patient confidences because disclosure is required by law.״ One can also use the accompanying fact sheet found at: http://www.utmem.edu/Medicine/legaledu/UT/factsheets/Confidentiality.pdf

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This site contains a PowerPoint presentation that helps explain the many issues of consent. According to the website, "After...
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This site contains a PowerPoint presentation that helps explain the many issues of consent. According to the website, "After reviewing the tutorial, the learner will be able to: ¤Define the duty to obtain consent, the types of consent, and the levels of consent; ¤Define a medical battery; ¤Explain how to obtain a patient’s informed consent; ¤List the exceptions to obtaining informed consent; ¤Identify who gets and who gives consent; ¤Explain the “mature minor doctrine;” ¤List the consent hierarchy under Tennessee law; ¤Explain how to handle withdrawal of consent; and ¤Identify when it is necessary to get informed refusal.״ One can also use the accompanying Fact Sheet at: http://www.utmem.edu/Medicine/legaledu/UT/factsheets/Consent.pdf

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This PowerPoint tutorial explains end of life issues in the healthcare field. According to the website: "After reviewing...
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This PowerPoint tutorial explains end of life issues in the healthcare field. According to the website: "After reviewing the tutorial, the learner will be able to: ¤List the advance directives used in Tennessee. ¤Describe how each of the advance directives work. ¤Describe how a do not resuscitate order works and define a universal do not resuscitate order. ¤Identify who has the legal right to make health care decisions for patients who lack capacity to make these decisions." One can also use the accompanying Fact Sheet at: http://www.utmem.edu/Medicine/legaledu/UT/factsheets/AdvanceDirectives.pdf

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THIS DOES NOT WORK IN FIREFOX - ONLY IN INTERNET EXPLORER. This is a PowerPoint tutorial designed to discuss the issues of...
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THIS DOES NOT WORK IN FIREFOX - ONLY IN INTERNET EXPLORER. This is a PowerPoint tutorial designed to discuss the issues of Medical Records. According to the site, "After reviewing the tutorial, the learner will be able to: ¤List the role of the medical record. ¤Describe how to make appropriate entries, corrections, additions, and deletions. ¤Identify abbreviations and symbols on JCAHO’s do not use list. ¤Describe how to handle a verbal order. ¤Describe the basic rules of confidentiality demanded by HIPAA. ¤Identify who owns the original medical records and describe the patient’s rights in his or her records. ¤Identify how long patient medical records must be retained." One can also use the accompanying Fact Sheet found at: http://www.utmem.edu/Medicine/legaledu/UT/factsheets/MedicalRecords.pdf

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This PowerPoint tutorial is designed to explain Risk Management in the Healthcare field. According to the website: "After...
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This PowerPoint tutorial is designed to explain Risk Management in the Healthcare field. According to the website: "After reviewing the tutorial, the learner will be able to: ¤Articulate the basics of risk management; ¤Identify how failed communication increases the risk of medical malpractice lawsuits; ¤Describe the ethical rules for disclosing medical errors and the legal risks of doing so; ¤List the four goals that help reduce the risk of medical malpractice lawsuits; ¤Describe how juries in Tennessee apportion fault; and ¤Calculate when a claim for medical malpractice is barred because it is too old." One can also use the accompanying Fact Sheet found at: http://www.utmem.edu/Medicine/legaledu/UT/factsheets/RiskManagement.pdf

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״As medical students approach the clinical rotations during their third and fourth years, some angst about potential...
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״As medical students approach the clinical rotations during their third and fourth years, some angst about potential liability is normal. This fact sheet is designed to answer the questions students may have about their potential liability as they begin their education in the patient care setting.״

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